So then you turn around and see this guy, who is apparently named after a president, but i think he looks like smithers (from the simpsons? celebrating their 450th episode tonight? anyone?)...
So theres smithers, and for whatever president its named after, its no mt. Rushmore, but i guess noone else has a rock formation named after them, so thats good work. A bit later on, again showcasing all the snow that there is on the mountain at about mile 20 (how did we find all these snowless places?!) brian and i decided to take "hi mom" pictures, this is mine:
Thats me doing my best to ride on the white line the enitre time, its a fun game, its like back when you played "dont touch the lava" as a kid... i guess that means i still play that game now, just a bit older. And finally, the snow! This is at the top of lemmon, in ski valley (fittingly named), where you immediately realize the weirdness that 2 hours ago you were in short sleeves in dry, warm, Tucson Arizona. I really want to go skiing in all my biking stuff.
Then, as is my new tradition, the rewarding 2 mile descent back down to summerhaven, which is the taunting and tempting town at the almost top of mount lemmon, which promises places like the cookie cabin pictured below with warm, 1200 calorie cookies the size of a plate. It takes a lot to ride by this place and up to a ski hill when your wearing spandex and have been riding for almost 3 hours. But its a rewarding warm place where the bathroom is out of order but the cash register works just fine.
So that was my day. A good day in the life of jim i would say. Tonight i sat in a room full of arizona fans and watched the defense take 61 minutes to show up, and win the game. That was quite the damper on what was turning out to be a fantastic day on the mountain. I still cant believe that happened. and i spent money at that place too, blasphemy!
Check out the flickr photostream in my sidebar for more pictures from today, and from my time here in arizona!
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